I have to start off saying that I was anxious to make it to this point in my pregnancy because 1.) less chance of anything happening to the baby now and 2.)morning sickness if finally getting better. Wednesday I did a silent celebration that I'd made it this far with no problems. Now we can really celebrate because I know for sure that everything's going fine.
I was sad that I had to go to the appointment by myself; Jordon wasn't able to get off because of a tournament, which made me nervous because what if something wasn't right and I had to be there by myself?! (I hate that I worry like this!) It was the first appointment meeting one of the doctors...they have several doctors (all women) and they have you meet with all of them at least once so that you know each of them so that you're familiar with whoever may be on call at the time of delivery. It was Dr. Risenger's turn and I have to say that if the other doctors are like her then I'm going to love each one of them! She's so calm and soft spoken that my nervousness went right out the window. She first wanted to hear the baby's heartbeat so she tried to use the doppler, but for some reason there was too much interference and she couldn't count the heartbeat that great. "No big deal. We'll just do an ultrasound and you can see the baby too." SWEET!! :) She assured me everything was fine that it was just the position of my uterus (great) and she went ahead and did a pap smear (lucky me) and answered any questions I had (most of which I'd forgotten; go figure). She did tell me that within the next month I should start feeling little McNugget (my new nickname for him/her) moving...exciting!
I had to sit in the "waiting womb" (cheesy, but so cute) and there were tons of other pregnant women in there. All of which had much bigger bumps than me...I don't even have a bump yet...Jordon calls it a pooch (which makes me feel fat), but it's more like a little "pre-bump." Oh well, we'll get there eventually. I'm not going to rush it, but I'm going to enjoy wearing my "little" clothes as long as I can.
The ultrasound went great. McNugget's heartbeat was at 173 bpm. He/she was moving his/her little arms and legs all around and I even got to see him/her turn their back to the ultrasound. Someone has an attitude already! In the pictures of the baby's profile you can even see a little eye and it looks like he/she has his/her hand up at their face.
I'm finally starting to feel better as far as morning sickness. I've been having more good days than bad days, but most of the bad days come with working night shift. I'm still looking and waiting to find something, but I'm sure something will eventually come along...just need to be patient! I still haven't gained any weight back from the 15 lbs I lost between having the stomach virus and then morning sickness. I swear I eat so much when I do get hungry! Oh well, a few more weeks and hopefully I'll be feeling much better.
I'm working on trying to post the new pictures, so as soon as I get my phone and this computer to cooperate I'll post it.
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